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Images from around the globe.

The 68-story Courtyard-Residence Inn Central Park is illuminated in New York. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Illinois, which compiles lists of tall buildings, is listing the building as the tallest hotel in North America. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A group of Sri Lankan girls play with soap bubbles as the sun sets in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka expects to become a middle income generating country by increasing its per capita income to $4000 in year 2014, according to a central bank report. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A boy looks at a burned car following clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi and riot police in Cairo, Egypt. The judge in the trial of Egypt’s former Islamist president has ordered the hearings adjourned until Feb. 1 after bad weather prevented bringing Morsi to court. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A student counts a ray during the annual stocktaking at the aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. The biggest pool at the aquarium has a capacity of 1,5 million liter and is home for about 1800 animals. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Freshwater mussels lie in the cracked dry bed of Batllava artificial lake in northern Kosovo, after record low water levels threatened to leave hundreds of thousands of people without water supply. Authorities have reduced water supplies for hundreds of thousands of people after an unusually dry winter season. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Staff members from a Japanese sushi chain restaurant pack sushi boxes after creating a sushi mosaic to mark the 10th anniversary of the store at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. A total of 20,647 pieces of sushi were formed into a 400-square-foot space which broke the Guinness World Records of the largest sushi mosaic. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A participant runs with a large tiger-shaped kite as he prepares to fly it at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India. Kite-flyers from different countries participated in the day-long festival. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A chimpanze named Paulinho eats a fruit popsicle at the city zoo in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. With temperatures spiking above 120 degrees Farenheit at times, big apes reached their long, leathery fingers through bars to snatch the cold strawberry yogurt pops. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

German cabinet members cast their shadows prior to the second cabinet meeting of the Germany’s new government at the chancellery in Berlin. Right, Education and Research Minister Johanna Wanka, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, center, and a not identified person. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A boy looks at a burned car following clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi and riot police in Cairo, Egypt. The judge in the trial of Egypt’s former Islamist president has ordered the hearings adjourned until Feb. 1 after bad weather prevented bringing Morsi to court. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS